Thursday August 1, 2013, 2:40 am
"The new reserve is 272-square-miles and connects several adjacent parks. Therefore, it also provides a safe haven for other important and threatened creatures, including elephants, hyenas, and leopards. There are about 3,000 tigers left in the wild, and India is home to over half of those wild tigers. As top predators, tigers are important in their range because they control prey populations and regulate the balance of the ecosystem. Tigers are essential to the environment and the government of India is taking great strides in saving this species."